The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-17
FRIDAY. JUNE II, 1857.
THE JUDGESHIP.


ed good bit of nOtoriety of late by
reason Of its proposal to make the elect
ton of the republican candidate for
Judge in this district unanimous. Now
we believe heartily in the theory that
the bench should be free from political
influences. We believe political tram.
mels should be remove ed, and that no
such consideration as favoritism
court justice. But we have watched
with no little interest the progress of
the idea. for which the Democrat is
responsible, and We begin to doubt the
sincerity it effects. Is the removal of
the bench from political influence the
motive which inspires our brethren
over the border A few democratic
papers in the district have endorsed
the Democrat but by far the greater
number have remained perfectly silent.
We now rise to enquire if there is no
democrat in thisjudicial district worthy
place on the ticket? Ifyou are go
ing to make Judge Stillwell's election
unanimous, what will our republican
friends do when aCe want to name a
representative of our party for the
bench? Will they meet us half way?
Or do they only meet half way when
the candidate is on their side? If the
people through their spokesman the
editors of the public press, want the
judgeship removed from politics, if the
republicans are as ready to remove it
thence as the WOOdson Democrat
seems to be; if they will make it SO by
sometimes recognizing a democrat for
the same position, then let them come
out and tell us so and we will Sec
ond the motion to make Judge Still
wells election unanimous. If we are
to do the half way business only
when it is their candidate, count us
Out.-COurant.
If our neighbor had teen little bet.
ter posted on the political history of
the Seventh District, the last half of
the above article would hardly have
been written. The record of the
past shows that it is the democrats
who have declined to come half way to
keep the judgeship out of politics"
and not the republicans. AS long as
Judge Goodin (democrat) was candi-
date, the republicans swung in and
supported him in response to the ap-
peal for non-partisan judiciary. But
when Judge Talcott republican, was
in the field, while the democrats did
not formally place an opposition cam
didate IN nomination, yet they always.
if our memory serves US, cast their full
vote for some " Independent" aspirant.
In judicial as well as in all other cleo
tions the motto of the democrats has
always been Anything to down re-
publican"
AS matter of fact Judge Stillwell is
the first republican Judge of this dis
trict who was ever regularly nomin-
ated for the Office by a convention Of
his party. And as far as the republic
cans are concerned they are well
enough satisfied with the experiment
to be entirely willing to observe the
precedent thus established. It would
be pleasant to have Judge Stillwell
reelected by reclamation, but sofar as
the REGISTER is concerned it would
like 10 see this tribute paid him as the
nominee ola regularly constituted re-
publican convention, with all the rights
of future action which this implies
reserved. Yet if cur democratic friends
decline.to 'fall in, "and insist on bring
ing a lamb of their own to the slaughter
why we will endeavor to have the
business attended to with neatness and
dispatch.